M0MCX

Episode 387 - Callum McCormick - M0MCX

Callum McCormick, M0MCX, is YouTube's DX Commander and maker of a line of antennas of the same name.  Callum says that he has the best business in the world,  is an active ham, on the air, always testing and fine tuning his antenna creations.  M0MCX shares his discoveries with antennas and ham radio on regular YouTube postings, growing his audience to over 42,000 subscribers.  Callum McCormick, M0MCX, is my QSO Today.

Show Notes

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Red Summit RF Interview

Callum’s company:  DX Commander
Callum’s YouTube Channel
1000 Pound Self Build Ham Shack Tour
Easy way of Visualising your antenna with a balloon
First License: 2003, Foundation License
UK Intermediate License

Current Rig:
Kenwood TS-990S 2 VFO Radio
Acom 2000A Amplifier
Vectron Charger Power Supply

TERMS
Ham Radio - Why Wire Antennas are Great
Boy’s Boarding School
Goodby Mr. Chips
Combined Cadet Force
Long Wire Antenna
Royal Signalsman
Ionosphere
English Riviera, Tourquay
SSB Radio Antenna
Portishead Telephone Company
CB Radio Service UK
Commercial Salesman
Analog Panel Meter
GC Marconi
Graph Pen Plotter Vintage
IT Recruitment
UK Amateur Foundation License
City and Guilds
Practical Engineer
A4 Page Size
Magnetic Loop Antenna
ACOM 2000A Amplifier
Logic Analyzer
Mr. Soichiro Honda 
Honda Motorcycle Company
Water Jet Metal Cutting
3mm Aluminum Plate
Signature Range DX Commander 
MMANA Antenna Modeling Software
Easy way of visualizing your antenna with a balloon
Astronomy 

Greatest challenge facing amateur radio now: RF spectrum getting “clogged up” by electronic noise. 

Excited most by: that great equipment at lower prices and easier to understand licensing structure. 

Advice to new or returning hams:  Practice playing amateur radio and get on the air

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Kenwood TS-990 HF Transceiver

ACOM 2000A Linear Power Amplifier

Visualizing Antenna Patterns with Balloons

M0MCX Reflecting on his Studio and Hamshack